(Above)
E. Coachwhip. Coachwhips are a very active, diurnal snake whose numbers have declined drastically across
the Southeast in the past 20 years. Coachwhips are one of the longest (up to 8 ft long!) and fastest snakes in the U.S.!
Santa Rosa Co., FL.

The Alligator
snapper has declined greatly across the deep South, primarily due to the turtle soup industry. The Alligator snapper
is also one of the largest freshwater turtles in the world, with weights of at least 235 lbs!

(Below) Eastern Tiger salamander

(Ambystoma t. tigrinum). Tiger salamanders

are rare in NW Florida & adjacent Georgia,

Alabama & Mississippi. They utilize

ephemeral wetlands to breed during

winter months. Calhoun Co., FL.

(Above) Lesser Siren (Siren intermedia). Jackson
Co., FL. Sirens are very secretive, aquatic salamanders which are very common in many wetlands of the Deep South, but
are rarely ever seen by most people. Sirens and other aquatic salamanders are caught on fishing and trot lines, and
many people mistakenly believe they are freshwater eels.